Farm Equipment Accident Lawyer

What is Farm Equipment?

Farming has been a part of the human experience dating as far back as the 8 th Century B.C.E. in the Fertile Crescent, when civilization began, and assumed agrarian practices. With the dawning of modernity, the fields saw the mechanization of much of the farming tasks; and, with that mechanization, came significant danger of serious injury because of accidents that involve farm machines.

From a negligently operated bailer, to a runaway tractor, the potential for personal injury is present on a farm, despite the seemingly quaint and demur perspective most have of rural-farm-life. Given that thousands of pounds of machinery, designed to perform such task as separating corn from its husks with razor-sharp-blades, are being used, the inclusion of even a small degree of negligence on the part of an operator, owner, or manufacturer of the machine can result in horrific injuries, loss of body-parts, or even death.

How does Farm Equipment Work?

The mechanism of the efficacy of farm equipment is, simply put, the utilizing of mechanical torque power, through the application of (in most situations) gasoline motors to significantly increase the capacity of any one individual to plow, sow, or reap the crops of any agricultural product. Additionally, farm equipment can also be utilized to minimize the time it takes to accomplish the above tasks, and thereby save considerable time for the one tasked with the plowing, sowing, or reaping of crops.

What Injuries are Caused when using Farm Equipment?

While it is difficult to specify the myriad of injuries that can befall someone when negligence and farm equipment are both in the equation, some significant injuries that can occur because of farm equipment include:

Abrasions;

Contusions;

Lacerations;

Broken bones;

Concussions;

Hemorrhage;

Amputations;

Blinding; and, even,

Death.

Legal Help for Farm Equipment Victims

If you or a loved one have used Farm Equipment and believe that you suffered injuries as a result, contact a Farm Equipment Injury Attorney at the Finz firm now at (855) TOP-FIRM or complete the Free Farm Equipment Injury Case Evaluation form to find out how the Finz firm can help you.

Related News for Farm Equipment Accidents

A former member of the Planning Board in Riverhead, New York was killed in a tractor accident on January 25th, 2018. Lyle Wells became entangled in the rear of the tractor and his body was found after he failed to return home. He was working alone at the time, and the circumstances of the accident are under investigation.

A terrible blight has struck Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, but the devastation is not destroying the crops. Instead, children on farms are being killed at an alarming rate. Machinery is responsible for the deaths of these children, and grieving communities barely have time to cope with one death before the next occurs.

Serious drought continues to plague California, driving up the cost of water for communities and making it more and more difficult for the local farmers to grow enough food to keep afloat. As the weather conditions continue to make life harder for the farme workers, the work becomes more and more dangerous.

Finz & Finz, P.C. commenced a wrongful death action against a tractor mechanic, a farm neighbor and CNH, the manufacturer of a farm tractor that was modified by bypassing the safety start switch. The switch was intended to prevent the tractor from starting in gear and moving unless the clutch pedal was depressed. The Finz firm alleged that as a result of the bypassed safety start switch, the farm neighbor, who mounted the tractor and started it, did not appreciate the fact that the tractor was in gear when it was started. This caused the tractor to lurch forward, striking and killing our client, the decedent, who was standing next to the tractor at the time it was started.

There’s an old term for men like them. They call them salt of the Earth. They are the types who you can rely on when things get bad. America needs men like them. Thankfully, America still has men like them. Sometimes it just takes terrible tragedy to make us realize how many good people there still are in this world.

Farms remain the center of family life for many Americans all across the country. From California to upstate New York, from Texas to Wisconsin, farmers are the backbone of the country. This style of living, though nowhere near as common as it was fifty or a hundred years ago, is still beloved by many people. Because of the strong family focus that is often at the center of these farms, it isn’t uncommon for everyone to be at work in the fields. Even children can be put to work, and the children who are too young can still be carried out to the field to watch mom, dad, brother and sister work.

Reports of a bumper crop should be great news for everybody, but farmers and other agricultural concerns aren’t too pleased. More corn means lower prices, as the law of supply and demand leads to undercutting in the marketplace. Difficulties storing the large harvest for later use only make this worse, as the sellers are all afraid they won’t be able to unload all of their product.

Have you thought about moving to the country and owning or working on a farm? Does the idea of escaping the high stress and crime of city life appeal to you? What about the possibility of expanses of wheat or cornfields instead of drab office buildings? Maybe you prefer riding a tractor instead of being stuck in an office eight hours or longer a day and caught in bumper-to-bumper Manhattan traffic to and from work? Ready to listen to cattle, horses, roosters and other farm animals instead of jackhammers, honking cars and sirens? As appealing as the country life may be, you may want to think again.

Living on a farm presents its own set of challenges. Ask anyone who grew upon a farm, or makes their living tending to a farm or ranch, and they’ll give you lists of accidents that can only happen in an environment like theirs. Farming accidents are a breed of their own. They present situations with special equipment used to maintain the farms, and scenarios that those of us in the suburbs find unfamiliar. The equipment on a farm requires special usage and operation. The animals on a farm are very different from our domesticated dogs and cats. Weather in rural areas can present problems like standing water (electrocution) or power outages. Toxicity and usage of chemicals and pesticides can also be potentially harmful or fatal over time. And, due to their remote locations, help is not always easily accessible with the nearest hospital being many miles away in some cases.

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